December 2018 – D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly

Time

Time is short… When you’re having fun When you’re wasting it Time is long… When you’re waiting When you’re hungry No time… If you’re God Out of time… When you’re dead © D.L. Lunsford

In My Heart, Short stories/Poetry

Though we may not say it, we all want peace. Though we may not admit it, we get tired. Though we may hide it, we yearn to be loved, understood, and forgiven. So while we’re out shopping for gifts to give to others, God hopes we remember the gift He gave to us, And finally unwrap […]

In My Head

When the Wrong Idea Takes Root

All it takes is a suggestion. A person or group, music or media can plant an idea–or two– in your head and cause all kinds of trouble. Ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. In the dark place you shoved it, it grows alongside all the other ideas or thoughts planted. And just like those […]

Short stories/Poetry

A Star was Born

A star was born the day I closed my eyes and dared to believe– believed my life was more than I could see believed I’m loved believed I’m free. My star grew every time I possessed the courage to stand– stand for what is right stand for what is true stand up for me. Took […]

In My Heart

The Barren Womb

What does a woman with a mother’s heart do when she finds out she is barren, she cannot have children? Barrenness makes a woman feel useless, purposeless, and inadequate. She feels less than a woman. Even is she didn’t want children to begin with, the discovery still does something to her–on the inside; her choice […]

In My Head, Short stories/Poetry

Whimsical Nonsense

People dancing on the sidewalk in a rain storm and the car breaking down under the trees. The brakes don’t work and the cow won’t shut up. Nothing’s on TV but watching it anyway. The sounds of the water in the fish tank putting me to sleep. The room is not dark, but dimly lit […]

Short stories/Poetry

What I Need

Don’t need you to love me like I love you; Just don’t make me hate you. Let my eyes drink in the sight of you. My heart skips a beat when you’re near, Two when you’re not. Hold me tightly in your embrace And make me believe I’m the only one. If there is another, […]